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When those baby dragons crawled upon the milky white skin of the future queen of the world — and began growling in the way of fire-breathing creatures — I just knew that "Game of Thrones" was a winner. And now moving into its fifth season on HBO, those dragons are absolutely huge. The new season opens April 12. The medieval fantasy boasts almost 20 million fans — last season's finale alone was watched by 9.3 million people — and is the most pirated television program on earth. So this year promises to offer more heads getting lopped off, more sword fighting in leather pants and enough English accents of every region and representing every class to...

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When those baby dragons crawled upon the milky white skin of the future queen of the world — and began growling in the way of fire-breathing creatures — I just knew that "Game of Thrones" was a winner.
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Edward Herrmann, the towering, melodious-voiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audiences as the stuffy dad on TV's "Gilmore Girls," died Wednesday. He was 71.
Herrmann...

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In an early scene on "Madam Secretary" — a kinda Hillary Clinton political soap opera on CBS — our heroine mucks horse manure out of a barn.As played by Tea Leoni, Madam Secretary is a former CIA-analyst-turned-professor in the Virginia horse...

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We are legion!
TV fanatics who, after a day mired in social media viral videos and flotsam that calls itself entertainment, opt for shows with character. We're the masses rejecting HBO's "Game of Thrones." Yes, we consider action and story...

"Ugh, everything is gone!" the best-selling novelist John Green laments as he and Mark Bazer, co-host of the new WTTW series "My Chicago," drive through Chicago neighborhoods the writer once called home.
Green, who lives in...

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I have a more embarrassing admission.
I prefer to re-watch.
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